Nov 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
“Turn off the TV!” “I would love to, but I need to hear the news!!” “The news you hear on mainstream TV is just that — “mainstream” owned by corporate giants. There is another way…“ “Yeah, if I was a tekkie maybe, but the web is not friendly to me....
Nov 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
As a coffee roaster with Zach and the guys in the Underground Coffee Project, I've had to study the process of transformation all roasters know intimately: how a hard, small and flavorless coffee bean becomes something larger, edible, and extremely...
Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Friends,This week I will keep my commentary short, because Neaners' words are longer. What he is doing in this letter is a beautiful example of why I first went to Washington seven years ago after college: to begin reading the Bible through new eyes....
Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s been nearly three months now since I’ve been in direct contact with people incarcerated in a jail or prison– the longest period in over 17 years. While life and ministry here in Paris is rich, I miss my routine of Thursday and Sunday Bible...
Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Matthew 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,45...
Nov 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
This week's dispatch is a small fragment of a letter from Neaners, who is incarcerated in state prison. It shows a side few lifelong gang members will expose: weakness. I once heard that the monastic Desert Fathers considered tears to be one of the most potent...
